Improvement in needle-setters



H. H. v. LILLEY.

Needle-Settrle'fs.

Patented A'pril 28,1874.

UNITED STATES PATENT GFFIGE.

HUGH H. v. LILLnr, or Turroni), inissncHUsnTTs.

lMPROVEMENT iN lJEDLE-SETTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. ,.,.{,.datcd April 29,18744. applentlonliled January 23, 1874.

Figure l of said drawings represents a frontA view of my improvedneedle-setter so arranged as to act in combination with a transversenotch in the needle near the end of the shank. Fig. 2 is a front view,showing the setter reversed from its position in Fig. l, and Lcting incombina-tion with a notch in or near )he taper of the needle. Fie. 3 isanother iront view, showing said setter so arranged as :o act as anadjustable stop for the end of thel needle 'to abut against, ashereinafter described. Fig. 4 is aside view ot' the setter. Figs. 5, 6,7, 8, and 9 are detail views of the same.

This invention has relation to means for setting the needles ofsewing-machines;` and it consists in the construction andlnovel arrangement of an adjustable spring setter or stop, as hereinafter more fullyset forth.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the needle-bar ofa ela-ss ot' inachines differing from that of the Howe machine, to whichmy application and drawings tiled October 18, 1873, were represented toapply, as will be seen on further explanation. B indicates the needle,011e view of which is shown with a transverse notch out across saidneedle near the end of the shank, Fig. 7. Another view, Fig. 8, showsthe notch in the tapering part of the needle between the shank and theblade. Fig. 9 shows the needle without notch.l C represents the head ofthe bolt or clamp that secures the needle at'ter it is properly set andadjusted by the setter. D shows the spring gage or stop. This is made ofsteel wire, of proper size for the shank a of the setter. The arm b isformed into proper shape by being placed between dies in a droppress,and then bent at right angles with the shank, as shown in Fig. 6;afterward reversel y bent at c, then properly tempered. rFhe arm I; isprovided with a lug or projection, d, which serves, when used incombination with a notch in the needle, an adjustable setter, as shownin Figs. 1,2, and i, also, as an adjustable stop, when used with aneedle having no notch, as in Fig. 3. The arm b is also provided with ancxtensiolnf, which serves as a handle. 'lhe shank u. ot' the setter litsinto a socket in the needle-fastening bolt or clamp c, or some otherpart ot' the needle-carrier, and is secured in its proper place after itis adjusted to the ina- 'ehine hy means' ot' aslnall set-screw, g, orits equi-valent, the side oi' said shank being ilat tened next to theset-screw.

'Ihe setter is very easily adjusted to its proper place by loosening thesetscrcw g, the shank moving` up and down in the socket,'as required;and being always parallel with the needle, the lng or stop constantlykep-t in position to act in combination with a notch in the needle, oron the end ot' a needle without a notch. (See Fig. This setter is alsoeasily reversed, as shown in Fig` 2, thus bring'- ingl the lugl d incombination with a notch near the taper of the needle, as will be necessary in the case of some machines to which it is ap1p licable, as hereinspecified.

NVhen a. notched needle is to be taken from the bar, the nut on thefnsteningbolt or clamp U is loosened, and the arm b, carrying the lug d,is retracted by means of the handle f. al-

lowing the needle to drop or to be easily withdrawn. XVhen the needlehasno notch, loosen the nutj, as usual.

NV hat l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters latent., is

The spring needle-setter, constructed as described, titted to theneedle-fastening bolt or clamp, or other projecting portion of thcneedlebar, and adjustable parallel with the needle, so that the stop dmay engage the notch in, or act as a stop for, the end of the needle.

In testimony that I claim the above I have.

hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

HUGH HENRY VINCENT LILLEY.

Witnesses:

Lewis FALES, W. A. RANKINS.

